Well, I found a great pair of shoes that were beautiful and actually pretty comfortable.
Wedding ceremony was gorgeous and emotional, and flowers/lighting/venue/dinner/live band was spectacular.
That said, it was the longest day of my life-I woke up at 1:50 am and didn’t lay my head back on the pillow until 2 am after the wedding! After getting all of our relatives on the road or to the airport this morning, DH and I were so happy to have the day to lay around and nap while football games that we didn’t really watch played on the TV. It may take a couple of more days to recover!
@Nrdsb4 - we are looking at another venue on 11/5. It is a new venue that is starting to do weddings in 2023. It is another venue where almost everything is included which D1 and fiance really like. This one is not as secluded as the first one we saw so we will see how they like it.
Yes. Friday night event with 90, Saturday wedding with 125 and Sunday brunch with 90 all in their club. It took place in FL. Started feeling sick yesterday
@showmom858 is the new venue in Escondido perhaps? My D signed a contract for a place currently being built there with weddings beginning next year (hers is Oct 2023). I have only seen what is posted on the website, so I’m having to trust D’s decision. Because she is having to do most of the planning on her own (all her bridesmaids, future MIL and I all live far away), she wanted a place that was mostly all inclusive. Also needed to be not too far from airport and hotels since most of the wedding guests will be coming from out of town. She saw some other nice places but were a bit too far from San Diego.
@4kids4us - It is a new venue called Canopy Grove in Escondido that we are seeing. Is that the one your D chose? They are also looking for a place not too far from the airport since over 60% of their guests will be coming from the east coast. If this place works out there is a brewery in San Marcos where they will do a Friday night dinner before the wedding.
Our D would have done a 2023 wedding, but her fiance’s brother is getting married in October 2023 and his fiance insisted that they not do their wedding in 2023. D1 did not want to cause a problem so they decided to wait until 2024. Personally I thought this was absolutely ridiculous, but kept my mouth shut. Bridezilla much!?!
@showmom858 yes, the same place! I am a little nervous about it since it is new and there aren’t any reviews obviously, but the company has many venues in various states and seems to be reputable. Her contract allows her to cancel if she decides, once the venue is finished at the end of the year, that it does not fit what she is looking for. She has already met with the coordinator, and among other things, taste tested wedding cakes from the bakery the venue uses, which she said was very good. She is very early stages in planning.
I won’t be out in San Diego to visit until after the holidays so won’t be able to see it until then. She sent me some photos from August when she visited, but hard to visualize without any landscaping or “privacy” from the surrounding neighborhood. If you see any red flags, please let me know!
And OMG, that is crazy the her future SIL is dictating their wedding timing. That’s ridiculous!
@4kids4us - such a small world! D1 and fiance want to have a place picked by early next year to get save the dates out to family and friends on the east coast. I think if they like this place they will wait until it is finished before they decide to commit. I will definitely let you know if I see any red flags when we visit.
My nephew’s girlfriend is the third of 4 girls. The oldest was engaged and planning the Royal Wedding in 2020. Because of covid she had a small (50 people) family wedding in Sept, and then had the huge, enormous, gigantic wedding (complete with bachelorette parties in Mexico and several other parties) in late 2021. She didn’t allow her sister (second oldest) to announce her engagement during this 2 year span. Sister had a very small wedding (only 90) this year.
This has all caused my nephew and his GF to think they’d like to elope.
Jumping in here to agree that needing the world to revolve around them for months and years is ridiculous. But I’ll share my story.
Dh and I got engaged in the fall and set a June wedding the next year. His older sister, who I think at the time was feeling a little like the clock was ticking for her, got engaged months after we did and then scheduled her wedding for SIX WEEKS before ours. I know she wanted all the out-of-town family to go to her wedding if they had to choose. I’m obvs still miffed about this, lol.
@Youdon_tsay - the funny thing is that D1 is getting married here in San Diego and fiance’s brother is getting married on the east coast near family so the wedding here is the one everyone will have to decide if they want to travel to. I don’t want D1 to have any issues with the inlaws so I understand choosing to have their wedding the next year. Fortunately it is just the SIL who is like this. Fiance’s brother and parents are lovely!
